By ED BARK@unclebarkycom on Twitter Don’t believe for a second that it wasn’t all contrived and mostly play-acted, even if some viewers still found a way to be “shocked.”

ABC got what it wanted, though. The network’s three-hour season finale of The Bachelor swept Monday’s prime-time ratings in the key advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old demographic. (And of course there’ll be an “After the Rose” post-mortem Tuesday night during which Arie, Lauren and the jilted Becca get together to further “confront” one another while host Chris Harrison expertly referees.)

The Bachelor averaged 81,136 D-FW viewers in the 18-to-49 bracket while also winning its closing 9 p.m. hour in total viewers with 206,541.

NBC’s The Voice otherwise dominated the 7 to 9 p.m. slot in total viewers (320,495).

The Peacock’s second episode of Good Girls ran last among the Big Four broadcast networks in the 9 p.m. total viewer Nielsens, although the margins were slim. GG moved up to second place among 18-to-49-year-olds.